FYI, after creating the desktop file with gnome-desktop-item-edit and the string you quoted above, my desktop file actually contained the following exec line:
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/vorlon/.wine" wine "C:\\\\comlogo\\\\Comlogo.exe" c:\\\\comlogo\\\\demo\\\\kidspac.lgp -- strange escape handling in Exec line of .desktop files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335712 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs